hexcalibrate Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Why does water extinguish fire? Water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen, Fire needs oxygen to burn and hydrogen is highly flammable, but once you put them together they become fires worst nightmare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathcore Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 I know it has something to do with atoms and everything. Not entirely oxygen/hydrogen. I'm not much of a Science geek, so I really don't know the answer. Instead of asking this here, why not your Science teacher or adult or someone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexcalibrate Posted March 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 i've left school and everyone i know has the attention span of a cribled gerbal trying to run in it's favourite wheel, so they have all been unable to answer me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathcore Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Google, then? [url=http://www.ehow.com/how-does_5185022_water-extinguish-fire_.html]Here[/url] is something I found. Don't know if it's right, but I thought it might be better than nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexcalibrate Posted March 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 no that doesn't help, it says it smoother the oxygen prventing it from burning, but water contains oxygen in itself, by all logic water should be flammable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ieyasu Tokugawa Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 When 2 elements chemically bond, they lose their previous properties and take on entirely new ones. Sodium and Chlorine are both deadly to the human body, yet together they make table salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathcore Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Here is a Google link for of questions like this: [url=http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=why+does+water+extinguish+fire&aq=0&aqi=g2&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=158f5021afbf0802]Google[/url]. If none of those answer your questions, I really don't know what else to answer with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexcalibrate Posted March 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 as i said this has bugged for a while, do you not think i have already googled this and come up short @Tsukasa Hiiragi, not exactly, salt is still dangerous to health but due to the impurities in the salt, it is not as lethal could be in a high enough doze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frunk Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 [quote name='Trident Dragon/Assult Mode' timestamp='1301008824' post='5094446'] Why does water extinguish fire? Water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen, Fire needs oxygen to burn and hydrogen is highly flammable, but once you put them together they become fires worst nightmare? [/quote] YCM is certainly not the best place to ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexcalibrate Posted March 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 every where else i have asked hasn't given ame a answer, so this was my my next option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larxene Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death Metal Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/77760 Read the first answer given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexcalibrate Posted March 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 i already answered that example early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death Metal Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Ahhhhh. Excuse me, I'll just be on my way. D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Zero Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 [center]When something burns a spontaneous chemical reaction is occurring. When a spontaneous reaction occurs energy is released and the products are more stable than what you start out with. Water and carbon dioxide are the products of the combustion of most materials. The oxygen in water has already "burned" and is no longer available to cause something else to burn. When you put water on a fire it does two things. It displaces the free oxygen molecules (which have two atoms of oxygen) so that it is not available to participate in the burning process AND it turns to steam, carrying heat away from the fire, cooling it to the point where it can no longer burn.[/center] [size="1"][url="http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem00/chem00006.htm"]Deserves reps for being a nerd.[/url] [/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexcalibrate Posted March 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 hankyou for clearing that up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catterjune Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 [quote name='Tsukasa Hiiragi' timestamp='1301010396' post='5094543'] When 2 elements chemically bond, they lose their previous properties and take on entirely new ones. Sodium and Chlorine are both deadly to the human body, yet together they make table salt. [/quote] This is the correct answer. [quote name='Legend Zero' timestamp='1301088529' post='5096117'] [center]When something burns a spontaneous chemical reaction is occurring. When a spontaneous reaction occurs energy is released and the products are more stable than what you start out with. Water and carbon dioxide are the products of the combustion of most materials. The oxygen in water has already "burned" and is no longer available to cause something else to burn. When you put water on a fire it does two things. It displaces the free oxygen molecules (which have two atoms of oxygen) so that it is not available to participate in the burning process AND it turns to steam, carrying heat away from the fire, cooling it to the point where it can no longer burn.[/center] [/quote] This too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolta Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Well, I learnt it last year, Grade 7. Elements lose their properties when chemically combined... yeah. You haven't leant it yet, have you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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